TN - Shooting at private Christian Covenant School, Nashville, suspect dead, multiple victims, 27 Mar 2023

[Sundog]

I notice when the car turns to the next row in the parking lot, you can see kids on a playground on swings (to the far right of the screen as the car is turning).

I wonder if they heard AH shooting the door for entry? Did AH park further away?

ETA: In the very first shot of the car, there is also someone standing on the sidewalk as AH drives by. Looks like maybe a groundskeeper as he's putting on gloves & seems to be beside a wheelbarrow. Imo.

ETA again: Notice the car video time seems to be around 9:54, then it jumps to 10:10 when the glass door is being shot. So I guess AH sat in their car or was getting psyched up to go in?

LE said they found maps and writings in her car, so maybe she was still working on her plan, or finalizing her "manifesto."

 

[vls12345]

The school's entrance is sideways though. This is from my earlier post (211):


“The school is kind of situated sideways, if you will. So the front door is actually on the side of the building."

Nashville school shooter carefully plotted attack that killed six, say police

Officers killed attacker, 28, after massacre left three children and three adults dead

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Looked on google maps to see where the playground is in relation to the parking lot (per my comment above about seeing the playground when the car is turning onto the next parking row). Do you think AH entered through the doors nearest to the playground? (I'm assuming the red dot might be the "front" since that's where the road comes up into the parking lot.)

ETA: The blue line indicates where I think the car is seen in the various video of AH's car. The yellow circle shows the playground where you can see children playing on the swings as AH's car turns to the next row. I wonder if the 15 minute gap in time between the parking lot footage & AH shooting the door was AH waiting for the children to go back inside? IMO and MOO.

Photo from google maps.

Covenant Presbyterian Church · 33 Burton Hills Blvd, Nashville, TN 37215

★★★★★ · Presbyterian church

www.google.com

 

[Sundog]

Students in the US are prepared from a young age on how to respond to mass shootings.

The Covenant School is no exception - the private school held an active shooter training programme last year to prepare for such an event, according to local Nashville outlet News Channel 5.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-65087221

This was reported earlier. But despite this training, they had an intruder shoot 2 sets of front doors and then walk around the school undeterred. Am I missing something here? Did she enter through the main front doors? Wouldn't that lead to reception and a member of staff sitting there?

If there had been a staff member in a reception area, then that person would have been shot, too.

 

[JennieM]

dbm

 

[PawneeDew]

Was there an alarm when the front doors were shot?

She enters the school and then roams around, opening doors and entering / exiting rooms.

My initial impression of the video is that the shooter appeared to be playing a video-game...or pretending to be in one. Imo

 

[JennieM]

My initial impression of the video is that the shooter appeared to be playing a video-game...or pretending to be in one. Imo

Really interesting you say that because when I watched the video, I thought of the illustrator bio:

"I enjoy binging on video games."

Trans Nashville shooter seen firing through door of Christian school

Audrey Hale, 28, was shot dead by police after killing three children and three staff members in a Nashville school on Monday. She was born female, but is believed to be living as a man.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[YepperBepper]

Audrey Hale

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Seems AH's LinkedIn has been hijacked and tethered to those with agendas-- probably for monetized clicks.

What makes you think that this page was hacked?

 

[JennieM]

If there had been a staff member in a reception area, then that person would have been shot, too.

I know what you are saying but if the shooter came across that person first, and they had the chance to alert the rest of the school, maybe the rest could have been saved.

 

[Tillicum]

 

[Tillicum]

I know what you are saying but if the shooter came across that person first, and they had the chance to alert the rest of the school, maybe the rest could have been saved.

Unless they used a silencer, IDK how everyone in the school didn't hear that gun.

 

[vls12345]

Looked on google maps to see where the playground is in relation to the parking lot (per my comment above about seeing the playground when the car is turning onto the next parking row). Do you think AH entered through the doors nearest to the playground? (I'm assuming the red dot might be the "front" since that's where the road comes up into the parking lot.)

ETA: The blue line indicates where I think the car is seen in the various video of AH's car. The yellow circle shows the playground where you can see children playing on the swings as AH's car turns to the next row. I wonder if the 15 minute gap in time between the parking lot footage & AH shooting the door was AH waiting for the children to go back inside? IMO and MOO.

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Photo from google maps.

Covenant Presbyterian Church · 33 Burton Hills Blvd, Nashville, TN 37215

★★★★★ · Presbyterian church

www.google.com

Quoting my post to say that the building part to the far right with the long sidewalk seems to be the sanctuary.

Also, if you zoom in on this photo, you can see signage indicating the sanctuary & the school toward the right, the church office, fellowship hall, and nursery toward the left.

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[Seattle1]

What makes you think that this page was hacked?

I never said hacked.

 

[fred&edna]

Lives with her parents at 28 years of age, drives a Honda Fit (not an inexpensive vehicle), and purchases 3 firearms, including AR-like firearms. Did she pay room and board? Where did she hide the firearms, or did she? Didn't her parents notice anything was going on? She drove around doing surveillance and drawing maps of her targets. Planned it ahead of time, picked her old school because it was an easy target in terms of security and because she knew the layout.

All great questions.

 

[YepperBepper]

I never said hacked.

Apologies, Seattle. Hijacked. What do you mean by hijacked? Again, sorry for misinterpreting.

 

[JennieM]

How the Nashville school shooting unfolded​

09:53am - Hale's gray Honda Fit is seen arriving at The Covenant School in Nashville.

09:54am - Hale is seen driving through the parking lot, seemingly calm. Nothing suggests anything is out of the ordinary as she finds a spot to park.

10:10am - The glass front door, which was locked, is shattered as Hale opens fire. She then steps through the debris into the empty reception of the church, which is adjacent to the school.

10:13am - Brandishing her assault rifle, Hale is seen entering a carpeted room, inside the church looking for any victims. The room is empty.

10:18am - Hale is seen on the same camera inside the church still looking for victims. She opens a door into the next room.

10:19am - The 28-year-old returns through the door, and aims her gun, although there is no one there. She tries another door, then returns 30 seconds later.

10:20am - Hale is now walking through a wooden-floored building labelled 'first' in the footage, past an empty reception. She stalks the corridor, then disappears from view.

10:27am - Hale is shot dead on the second floor of the school, having engaged officers who fired back, killing her.

Trans Nashville shooter seen firing through door of Christian school

Audrey Hale, 28, was shot dead by police after killing three children and three staff members in a Nashville school on Monday. She was born female, but is believed to be living as a man.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[steeltowngirl]

Lives with her parents at 28 years of age, drives a Honda Fit (not an inexpensive vehicle), and purchases 3 firearms, including AR-like firearms. Did she pay room and board? Where did she hide the firearms, or did she? Didn't her parents notice anything was going on? She drove around doing surveillance and drawing maps of her targets. Planned it ahead of time, picked her old school because it was an easy target in terms of security and because she knew the layout.

A few excerpts about her parents.

We have investigations ongoing now at the residence on Brightwood Avenue and we have made contact with the father that lived at that residence and are putting together more information,” Drake said in a later press conference.

[…]

Hale’s mother deleted her Facebook page after Hale was identified as the suspect in the shooting. Posts viewed by Heavy show that Norma Fort Hale had posted about gun control and school shootings in the past. Hale’s mother and brother could not be reached for comment by Heavy.

[…]

In 2019, she wrote, “Found this in a devotional book I loaned to Audrey…. #divinediscovery #perfecttimingofcourse.”

[…]

In March 2018, she shared a link to a Sandy Hook Promise petition to “keep guns out of schools,” and wrote in the caption on the post “So important!” In February 2018, Norma Hale, the suspect’s mom, shared another link to a Sandy Hook Promise petition to “make large-capacity gun magazines illegal,” without any additional comment.

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[Seattle1]

Apologies, Seattle. Hijacked. What do you mean by hijacked? Again, sorry for misinterpreting.

Shooter's LinkedIn is no longer available unless viewer accesses the account belonging to another which can't be linked here. MOO

 

[JennieM]

I notice when the car turns to the next row in the parking lot, you can see kids on a playground on swings (to the far right of the screen as the car is turning).

I wonder if they heard AH shooting the door for entry? Did AH park further away?

ETA: In the very first shot of the car, there is also someone standing on the sidewalk as AH drives by. Looks like maybe a groundskeeper as he's putting on gloves & seems to be beside a wheelbarrow. Imo.

ETA again: Notice the car video time seems to be around 9:54, then it jumps to 10:10 when the glass door is being shot. So I guess AH sat in their car or was getting psyched up to go in?

The timeline I posted confirms what you say here about being in the car park from 9:54 until 10:10.

If security was tight, perhaps it could all had ended in the car park. That's just wishful thinking though and it's all too late now.

 

[JennieM]

A few excerpts about her parents.

We have investigations ongoing now at the residence on Brightwood Avenue and we have made contact with the father that lived at that residence and are putting together more information,” Drake said in a later press conference.

[…]

Hale’s mother deleted her Facebook page after Hale was identified as the suspect in the shooting. Posts viewed by Heavy show that Norma Fort Hale had posted about gun control and school shootings in the past. Hale’s mother and brother could not be reached for comment by Heavy.

[…]

In 2019, she wrote, “Found this in a devotional book I loaned to Audrey…. #divinediscovery #perfecttimingofcourse.”

[…]

In March 2018, she shared a link to a Sandy Hook Promise petition to “keep guns out of schools,” and wrote in the caption on the post “So important!” In February 2018, Norma Hale, the suspect’s mom, shared another link to a Sandy Hook Promise petition to “make large-capacity gun magazines illegal,” without any additional comment.

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Deleted Hale's FB or her own?

 

[steeltowngirl]

Quoting my post to say that the building part to the far right with the long sidewalk seems to be the sanctuary.

Also, if you zoom in on this photo, you can see signage indicating the sanctuary & the school toward the right, the church office, fellowship hall, and nursery toward the left.

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Nursery… as in a day care? UGH. Multiple locations were to be targeted. What will the shooter’s map reveal?